You can control the vertical space between the lines of text in your document by setting the line spacing, such as double space. Or, you can change the vertical space between paragraphs in your document by setting the spacing before or spacing after paragraphs.

Line spacing
Spacing between paragraphs
Do any of the following:
 | Change the spacing between lines |
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Select the text in which you want to change line spacing.
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On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click Line Spacing
, and then click the line spacing that you want.
 | Change the spacing between paragraphs |
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Select the paragraphs for which you want to change paragraph spacing.
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On the Home tab, under Paragraph, click Line Spacing
, and then click Line Spacing Options.
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Under Spacing, in the Before or After boxes, enter the paragraph spacing that you want.